Thaler on Tax Cuts
University of Chicago Behavioral Economist Richard Thaler drops some hard analysis on the tax-cut-at-any-price crowd in his NYT column...
José Vicente Concept: Solaris Sun System
The Solaris is a sustainable sun shading system designed by industrial designer José Vicente. The system has been conceptualized to...
James Randi exposes Uri Geller and Peter Popoff
James Randi is a leader in the skeptical community who has been debunking paranormal and supernatural claims for most of his life. A...
Six Rules of Michael Steinhardt
Michael Steinhardt was one of the most successful hedge fund managers of all time. A dollar invested with Steinhardt Partners LP in 1967...
Pushing on a String
Pushing on a String September 24, 2010 By John Mauldin > Pushing on a String Let’s Shift the Focus An Invitation to an Inflation...
Reagan Tax Cuts & Increases
Bruce Bartlett takes issue with the all-tax-cuts-all-the-time wing of the GOP. He argues essentially that Reagan was a good Keynsian,...
Historical Recession Duration
For some perspective on the Great Recession, the chart of the day (below) illustrates the duration of all US recessions since 1900. There...
Implications of the Financial Crisis for Economics
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke At the Conference Co-sponsored by the Center for Economic Policy Studies and the Bendheim Center for Finance,...
Steven Johnson: Where Good Ideas Come From
I love that he lifted RSI’s animated approach: Beginning with Charles Darwin’s first encounter with the teeming ecosystem of...